[Ianto.W.]

Originally Posted by cmonstanley

any councillors or the powers to be tell us why there are still so many empty houses in hyndburn when the council promised to compulsory purchase them i know of at least one house that has been set on fire ,vandalised ,rubbish dumped for the last eight years

It all boils down to priorities and money, if the Council purchase all the 'derelict' house in the borough they would then be obliged to spend money on them too. The simple fact is all the council allocates money in advance of the budget, if any funds are left in the contingency fund it may spend it in areas like this. Time would be better spent 'chasing' the absentee landlords or owners of these properties, give them a short time to do the necessary work, if they fail to do it take the properties for nothing.